Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Iceland has the highest labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) (83.35% in 2025) and Yemen, Rep. the lowest (3.93% in 2025). The world figure is 35.03% (2025).
What this measures
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Limitations: Data on the labor force are compiled by the ILO from labor force surveys, censuses, and establishment censuses and surveys. For some countries a combination of these sources is used. Labor force surveys are the most comprehensive source for internationally comparable labor force data. They can cover all non-institutionalized civilians, all branches and sectors of the economy, and all categories of workers, including people holding multiple jobs. By contrast, labor force data from population censuses are often based on a limited number of questions on the economic characteristics of individuals, with little scope to probe.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 83.35% | 2025 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 83.32% | 2025 |
| 3 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 81.89% | 2025 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 71.7% | 2025 |
| 5 | Madagascar | 71.03% | 2025 |
| 6 | Australia | 70.21% | 2025 |
| 7 | Denmark | 69.6% | 2025 |
| 8 | Tanzania | 69.35% | 2025 |
| 9 | Cambodia | 68.15% | 2025 |
| 10 | Norway | 66.54% | 2025 |
| 11 | Uganda | 65.97% | 2025 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 65.59% | 2025 |
| 13 | Eritrea | 65.34% | 2025 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 64.9% | 2025 |
| 15 | Niger | 64.57% | 2025 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 64.5% | 2025 |
| 17 | Mozambique | 63.9% | 2025 |
| 18 | South Sudan | 63.55% | 2023 |
| 19 | Canada | 63.24% | 2025 |
| 20 | Burundi | 57.67% | 2025 |
| 21 | Bolivia | 57.28% | 2025 |
| 22 | Sweden | 56.95% | 2025 |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 56.53% | 2025 |
| 24 | St. Lucia | 56.45% | 2025 |
| 25 | Bahamas, The | 55.78% | 2025 |
| 26 | Finland | 54.37% | 2025 |
| 27 | Austria | 53.59% | 2025 |
| 28 | Ireland | 53.53% | 2025 |
| 29 | Lao PDR | 53.33% | 2025 |
| 30 | Benin | 53.26% | 2025 |
| 31 | Liberia | 53.18% | 2025 |
| 32 | Malta | 53.02% | 2025 |
| 33 | Angola | 52.89% | 2025 |
| 34 | Japan | 52.45% | 2025 |
| 35 | Germany | 52.33% | 2025 |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 52.04% | 2025 |
| 37 | Peru | 52.01% | 2025 |
| 38 | United States | 50.36% | 2025 |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 50.16% | 2025 |
| 40 | Brazil | 48.38% | 2025 |
| 41 | Israel | 48.22% | 2025 |
| 42 | Barbados | 48.09% | 2025 |
| 43 | China | 47.72% | 2025 |
| 44 | Paraguay | 46.96% | 2025 |
| 45 | Estonia | 46.79% | 2025 |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 46.54% | 2025 |
| 47 | Guyana | 46.18% | 2025 |
| 48 | Guam | 45.85% | 2025 |
| 49 | Channel Islands | 45.76% | 2025 |
| 50 | Rwanda | 45.59% | 2025 |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 45.27% | 2025 |
| 52 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 45.2% | 2025 |
| 53 | Mali | 44.45% | 2025 |
| 54 | Malawi | 43.7% | 2025 |
| 55 | Congo, Rep. | 43.49% | 2025 |
| 56 | Maldives | 43.26% | 2025 |
| 57 | Macao SAR, China | 43.12% | 2025 |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 43.09% | 2025 |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 43.06% | 2025 |
| 60 | Uruguay | 42.26% | 2025 |
| 61 | Belize | 42.12% | 2025 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 41.94% | 2025 |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.39% | 2025 |
| 64 | Qatar | 40.79% | 2025 |
| 65 | Viet Nam | 40.06% | 2025 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 39.57% | 2025 |
| 67 | France | 39.5% | 2025 |
| 68 | Montenegro | 39.12% | 2025 |
| 69 | Cyprus | 39.09% | 2025 |
| 70 | Myanmar | 39.06% | 2025 |
| 71 | Indonesia | 38.24% | 2025 |
| 72 | Botswana | 38.07% | 2025 |
| 73 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.04% | 2025 |
| 74 | Belarus | 37.39% | 2025 |
| 75 | Malaysia | 37.32% | 2025 |
| 76 | Panama | 36.97% | 2025 |
| 77 | Colombia | 36.58% | 2025 |
| 78 | Ecuador | 35.18% | 2025 |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 35.01% | 2025 |
| 80 | Moldova | 34.99% | 2025 |
| 81 | Türkiye | 34.78% | 2025 |
| 82 | Lithuania | 34.72% | 2025 |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 34.44% | 2025 |
| 84 | Zambia | 34.44% | 2025 |
| 85 | Virgin Islands (US) | 34.39% | 2025 |
| 86 | Albania | 34.24% | 2025 |
| 87 | Mauritius | 34.18% | 2025 |
| 88 | Jamaica | 34.16% | 2025 |
| 89 | Honduras | 33.97% | 2025 |
| 90 | Argentina | 33.95% | 2025 |
| 91 | Mexico | 33.87% | 2025 |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 33.71% | 2025 |
| 93 | Thailand | 33.47% | 2025 |
| 94 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.39% | 2025 |
| 95 | Kenya | 33.21% | 2025 |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 33.12% | 2025 |
| 97 | Latvia | 33.09% | 2025 |
| 98 | Portugal | 33.04% | 2025 |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 32.98% | 2025 |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 32.98% | 2025 |
| 101 | Guatemala | 32.84% | 2025 |
| 102 | Chad | 32.74% | 2025 |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 32.42% | 2025 |
| 104 | Cuba | 32.28% | 2025 |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 31.93% | 2025 |
| 106 | El Salvador | 31.58% | 2025 |
| 107 | Slovenia | 31.48% | 2025 |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.25% | 2025 |
| 109 | Spain | 31.1% | 2025 |
| 110 | Bhutan | 31.06% | 2025 |
| 111 | Georgia | 30.97% | 2025 |
| 112 | Singapore | 30.95% | 2025 |
| 113 | Armenia | 30.56% | 2025 |
| 114 | Korea, Rep. | 30.49% | 2025 |
| 115 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 30.15% | 2025 |
| 116 | Belgium | 29.67% | 2025 |
| 117 | Poland | 29.39% | 2025 |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 29.35% | 2025 |
| 119 | Hungary | 28.88% | 2025 |
| 120 | Ghana | 28.78% | 2025 |
| 121 | Haiti | 28.65% | 2025 |
| 122 | Gambia, The | 28.63% | 2025 |
| 123 | Cameroon | 28.63% | 2025 |
| 124 | Togo | 28.25% | 2025 |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.03% | 2025 |
| 126 | Fiji | 27.94% | 2025 |
| 127 | Eswatini | 27.94% | 2025 |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 27.92% | 2025 |
| 129 | Ukraine | 27.82% | 2021 |
| 130 | Suriname | 27.67% | 2025 |
| 131 | Bahrain | 27.29% | 2025 |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 26.97% | 2025 |
| 133 | Guinea | 26.92% | 2025 |
| 134 | Chile | 26.84% | 2025 |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 26.7% | 2025 |
| 136 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.39% | 2025 |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 26.13% | 2025 |
| 138 | Namibia | 26.08% | 2025 |
| 139 | Cabo Verde | 25.48% | 2025 |
| 140 | Croatia | 25.22% | 2025 |
| 141 | Serbia | 25.09% | 2025 |
| 142 | Philippines | 24.8% | 2025 |
| 143 | South Africa | 24.5% | 2025 |
| 144 | Lesotho | 23.8% | 2025 |
| 145 | Czechia | 23.67% | 2025 |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 23.57% | 2025 |
| 147 | Greece | 22.09% | 2025 |
| 148 | Pakistan | 21.66% | 2025 |
| 149 | Slovak Republic | 21.22% | 2025 |
| 150 | Samoa | 20.24% | 2025 |
| 151 | Kyrgyz Republic | 20.19% | 2025 |
| 152 | Comoros | 20.12% | 2025 |
| 153 | Lebanon | 19.97% | 2023 |
| 154 | Tonga | 19.91% | 2025 |
| 155 | São Tomé and Principe | 19.81% | 2025 |
| 156 | Romania | 19.6% | 2025 |
| 157 | Italy | 19.28% | 2025 |
| 158 | Nepal | 19.15% | 2025 |
| 159 | Mongolia | 19.09% | 2025 |
| 160 | Senegal | 19.03% | 2025 |
| 161 | Venezuela, RB | 18.67% | 2025 |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.44% | 2025 |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 17.55% | 2025 |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | 16.61% | 2025 |
| 165 | Puerto Rico (US) | 16% | 2025 |
| 166 | India | 15.86% | 2025 |
| 167 | Gabon | 15.41% | 2025 |
| 168 | Bulgaria | 15.38% | 2025 |
| 169 | Kuwait | 15.24% | 2025 |
| 170 | Tunisia | 14.64% | 2025 |
| 171 | Oman | 13.94% | 2025 |
| 172 | Mauritania | 12.89% | 2025 |
| 173 | Morocco | 12.87% | 2025 |
| 174 | Jordan | 12.51% | 2025 |
| 175 | Djibouti | 11.66% | 2025 |
| 176 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 11.58% | 2025 |
| 177 | West Bank and Gaza | 10.88% | 2022 |
| 178 | Libya | 10.25% | 2025 |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 10.14% | 2025 |
| 180 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 9.9% | 2025 |
| 181 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 9.33% | 2025 |
| 182 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.15% | 2025 |
| 183 | Algeria | 7.92% | 2025 |
| 184 | Sudan | 7.68% | 2022 |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 5.92% | 2025 |
| 186 | Iraq | 5.65% | 2025 |
| 187 | Yemen, Rep. | 3.93% | 2025 |
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- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators, SL.TLF.ACTI.1524.FE.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026 View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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